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Not Paying Enough For
HBO, Showtime, and Starz??
Viacom To Launch New
Pay-Cable Channel In 2009!!

Will it be in HD? by Abin Sur	Apr 21st, 2008 11:54:05 AM
I'd pay for the Star Trek films in hi-def...well, some of them.
McCain needs to get A la carte cable passed in Congress by Pongo	Apr 21st, 2008 11:57:55 AM
Let people pick and choose what they want.
A la carte cable means... by mullymt	Apr 21st, 2008 12:03:22 PM
You pay the same amount (or more) for fewer channels. Besides, if you're conservative, then why do you think Congress should be able to tell a company what packages they should provide?
AMC is all that matters at this point... by DanielKurland	Apr 21st, 2008 12:04:31 PM
Watch it sweep everything with it's increasingly awesome original programming.
I wasn't getting partisan at all--McCain is vocal about it by Pongo	Apr 21st, 2008 12:07:16 PM
McCain is the main person in Congress who actually speaks out about a la carte cable. That's why I used his name. Way to try and turn this into a partisan political slapfight, douchebag.
MGM has a channel for free on DIrectv by Jugdish	Apr 21st, 2008 12:10:40 PM
And yes- its in HD
So they're competing with themselves? by AlwaysThere	Apr 21st, 2008 12:22:23 PM
That's a slap in the face to Showtime.
So if I want to watch "Curse of the Pink Panther"... by tonagan	Apr 21st, 2008 12:37:28 PM
I'll know exactly where to go. That's super.
I like the HDTV channel by Mr. Mcpoops	Apr 21st, 2008 12:54:09 PM
Arrested Development rules.
lol @ death of showtime by palewook	Apr 21st, 2008 12:55:36 PM
viacom just killed it
Why subscribe when you can Netflix it? by Stalkeye	Apr 21st, 2008 01:12:01 PM
Most movies come out on DVD 4-6months after it's threatrical release.In the case of cable tv, it's a fucking year wait.That and cable TV is too repetitive.
Why pay-per-view or Netflix?? by ShiftyEyedDog2	Apr 21st, 2008 01:29:49 PM
you suggest if its more than $2 a month people will just do pay-per-view. last i checked, PPV was more than $2 per MOVIE, much less an entire month's worth of 24-hour programming.
I thought semi-mummified Iron-fisted Overlord Sumner Redstone by Yeti	Apr 21st, 2008 01:35:36 PM
owned Viacom, which owned CBS? There will be blood.
I've lived without paychannels for the last decade. by Shermdawg	Apr 21st, 2008 01:44:13 PM
I think I'll manage without this. Btw, have you guys seen that Sopranos show? I've been watching it on A&E. It's pretty good.
Meh. by Kurutteru Yatsu	Apr 21st, 2008 01:49:45 PM
As long as Dexter stays on Showtime this doesn't affect me at all. And if the new channel gets Dexter then I'll download it, so...this doesn't affect me at all. Huh. Okay then.
The Office is on Sale by Mr. Mcpoops	Apr 21st, 2008 02:13:16 PM
at Target. Season 1 is 10 dollars and Season 2 and 3 are 20 dollars each. What a buy, What a buy. I picked up 1 and 2 today. I bought 3 last time there was a sale.
They show movies on those Channels??? by Secretagentnumber6	Apr 21st, 2008 02:23:19 PM
I wouldn't know. All I have ever cared to watch on them was the Original Series that they have put on.
waitwaitwait- $10 for ONE WHOLE SEASON?! by Jackie Boy	Apr 21st, 2008 02:23:53 PM
can they do that?!
yeah, this is what we'll wind up getting by Jett	Apr 21st, 2008 02:27:28 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =0Xi52l3Y67k&feature=related
Kiss SHOWTIME network goodbye by YackBacker	Apr 21st, 2008 02:30:32 PM
Les Moonves fucked himself royally. Now SHOWTIME has no exclusive deal with any major studio. Fuck him in the cornhole... I hate that douche.
Shermdawg, that explains why you watch SMALLVILLE by YackBacker	Apr 21st, 2008 02:48:44 PM
You have like ten channels!
Yeah, right... by Kid Z	Apr 21st, 2008 02:55:06 PM
...by then we'll be paying out all our salaries on gasoline & food and living in cardboard boxes in alleyways. Who'll have the cashflow for a new pay channel?
YES !!!! AN ALL NEW FORMAT WAR!!!!!!!! by picardsucks	Apr 21st, 2008 03:24:48 PM
The smoke just cleared on the last one a fucking KABOOM!!!!!!! A New studio exclusive his exclusive that pissing match !!!! Hot Damn I love a good Format War!!!!!! Soon with Each having their own downloadable content !!!! Just like Blu-ray exclusive Vs. HD DVD exclusive !!!! I love this shit!!!!! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!
A la carte cable by Gungan Slayer	Apr 21st, 2008 04:04:51 PM
jesus i hope this become a reality soon
But Will They Show Quality Porn? by Corterville	Apr 21st, 2008 04:44:57 PM
Instead of the "penetrationless" stuff shown on Showtimne and Cinemax. Let's get some hardcore skin flicks!
Jackieboy - it's only 6 episodes by Mr. Mcpoops	Apr 21st, 2008 05:05:15 PM
But way worth the ten dollars. And season 2 for only 20 dollars and not having to pay for shipping or bother with Amazon works for me.
Does this mean a new home for Jericho? by ruven76	Apr 21st, 2008 06:13:59 PM
:)
so am i misunderstanding? by soup74	Apr 21st, 2008 07:03:21 PM
are they saying they're going to be showing first-run movies also? cause if thats the way movie watching is going, im okay with that. i used to think i would never stop going to the arcade, but when the home gaming systems got better and more involved, i had no problem staying at home to play, and challenging friends online. As good home theatre set ups get more and more affordable, im all for watching first runs in my living room, without some asshole sitting next to be talking on his cell phone. (unless that asshole is my friend, then ill tell him to shut the fuck up because i dont want to pause the movie so he can tell his girlfriend what time he's going to see her..fucking cell phones ruining the movie experience! but hey thats progress, and you cant stop it now..HOWS THAT FOR A TANGENT!)
mullymt, Liar! Liar! C-Band days. by EvilWizardGlick	Apr 21st, 2008 07:03:38 PM
Bullshit! Way back when C-band providers had both packages and ala-carte. While not every channel was included in the ala-carte selection, the choices in now way made one suffer. And you saved on them. Why should I pay for a million sports channels I never watch? Why should I pay for news channels I never watch? Frankly I would rather pay for JUST the programming I watch and not an assload of reality tv or pop garbage.
HD is being throttled on cable and sat. by EvilWizardGlick	Apr 21st, 2008 07:05:33 PM
For those who have not followed it first sats were given the right to throttle had bandwidth. Yep, downconvert. Now it is discovered that cable providers are doing the same thing. Yet my bill still goes up.
Ouch. by TattooedBillionaire	Apr 21st, 2008 08:06:49 PM
Showtime might be done without those studios to supply it with movies. Seriously, what new movies can they play now? Maybe they can strike deals with Full Moon and Troma.
MGM is part of this deal... by KazamaSmokers	Apr 21st, 2008 08:19:29 PM
I imagine that means Stargate: Universe will now be going to this new pay channel.
They don't have bandwith for the channels they have now by INWOsuxRED	Apr 21st, 2008 08:38:32 PM
I hope the loss of movies just encourages Showtime to expand original programming. I usually see most movies in theaters if I want to see them at all. Pay channels are more about original shows than anything else. No way is any channel getting me to pay stricktly for movies. The idea that you could launch a new channel based soley on movies from a single studio and get people to pay for it is pretty lame. If I do watch a movie on a pay channel, I hardly even notice which channel it is, so I doubt I will notice if I watch less movies on Showtime.
screw em by Falcon5768	Apr 21st, 2008 09:13:56 PM
come end of april when my free preview of HBO runs out, im dropping all of them. There is no way im paying them 10 -15 bucks a month for 50 shit movies and 2 good ones.
This is the future of TV by Orionsangels	Apr 21st, 2008 09:19:11 PM
Every major studio will have it's own channel. The days of HBO's and showtimes are coming to an end.
everyone here uses torrent admit it by Orionsangels	Apr 21st, 2008 10:10:36 PM
not me of course
If their TV shows suck as bad as their movies by INWOsuxRED	Apr 21st, 2008 10:43:28 PM
HBOs and Showtimes have little to worry about from the studios. Save that money they were giving the studios and put it towards new series, specials and sports.
so i remember hearing rumor of new robocop by Horror Freak	Apr 22nd, 2008 01:34:06 AM
which i just think is fucking bad ass but something new from the outer limits universe(s) that really excites me... sexually :-P
Way to stand out: Movies on Cable same day as DVD release. by ruven76	Apr 22nd, 2008 02:38:06 AM
They own the movies, they own the rights, its up to them if they want to enter into a distribution contract with the cable channels. Since they have their own channel now, they can in effect run the movies whenever they please. So why not show the movies when they come out on DVD, sure it might eat a little bit of their DVD money, but so does piracy, this would be away around that. Well partially of course. And besides, most people who buy DVDs dont buy them because they want to watch the movie, they buy them because they like to collect the movies, or rewatch them over and over again or for the extras.... or whatever. If you just want to watch a movie that you didnt catch in theaters you normally just rent it. I mean if you REALLY wanted to see it enough to drop down 20 bucks, but probably would have gone to the theater. So folks that buy DVD are going to buy DVD regardless of the movie being released on pay cable at the same time. What you do is give yourself a huge leg up on HBO/Showtime, while giving them a big FU in the process.
Wait wait wait! by TheJake	Apr 22nd, 2008 08:11:20 AM
Did that say NEW installments of Robocop?! I hope they don't fuck these up like they did Robocop 3 and the shitty Robocop TV series!
Sweet! by Harry Weinstein	Apr 23rd, 2008 03:18:50 AM
Another pay channel I'll be opting to not get! Cannot wait.
oh please, you retards. by Schih Thayde	Apr 23rd, 2008 03:57:24 PM
This is all bullshit to try to force Showtime to accept the pricing they want--there's no new channel coming.
a la carte: Careful what you wish for by nyj_et	Apr 25th, 2008 08:48:43 PM
The channel you want to buy might not be available anymore under this system, if there aren't enought subscribers to it. Like Bravo? A&E, SciFi? Kiss 'em goodbye under a la carte. Package deals are what enable providers to have such a huge selection, you have to take the good with the bad. Get Comedy Central, but you also have to take ShopNBC. Death and taxes, people.
a la carte by INWOsuxRED	Apr 25th, 2008 09:44:09 PM
will allow me to pay more for less channels. Why wouldn't I want that?
I think this sucks to be honest by The Amazing G	Apr 27th, 2008 07:51:20 PM

and I really hate viacom by The Amazing G	Apr 27th, 2008 07:51:52 PM

I purchased Showtime for This American Life by INWOsuxRED	May 2nd, 2008 08:34:18 PM
and it is back this Sunday. I will probably stay subscribed through the third season of Dexter, and then dump the channel unless it is running programming I care about. I have no idea what movies are on Showtime or if I watch them. Also, who is going to show the marvel films?
As long as Dexter is still chugging along... by TheWingKongExchange	May 22nd, 2008 04:07:01 AM
Showtime isn't going anywhere.

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